How Many People Are Named Merrie?

1,894

people named Merrie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 180,456 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,632 babies named Merrie in Social Security records from 1909 to 2004, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,992

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,908

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Peak Year

1959

117 births

Trend

2004

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Merrie in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Merrie alive today is about 65 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 73 in 2025.

Under 30 30
1.6%
30 to 59 489
25.8%
60 and over 1,375
72.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Merrie first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1959, to 117 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2004.

Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2004

🏆 Rank History

Merrie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #939, in 1950.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#939 (1950)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,087 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Merrie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Merrie were born in California than in any other state: about 144 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merrie was given 3.8 times as often in Michigan, 3.1 times in California and 1.6 times in Illinois.

California 144
Michigan 96
New York 79
Illinois 48
Pennsylvania 41
Washington 32
Ohio 30
Texas 29
Florida 23
Wisconsin 17
Georgia 14
New Jersey 8
Minnesota 5
Kansas 5
Indiana 4
Missouri 4

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